‘IAF will be an instrument of choice in
all future security challenges…’
The
IAF today is shedding its vintage fleet, updating its operational
strategies as well as morphing itself into an ultra-modern integrated
multi-tasking fighting force. With 42 years of service and close to 3100
hours of flying experience, Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
is in the hot-seat as the 23rd Chief of Air Staff. For a person, who was
the architect of IAF’s modernisation as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff,
will he now be able to harness the strength of the men and women in blue
and transform the IAF into a future ready war machine? Excerpts from an
interview with Neeraj Mahajan
gfiles:What changes will you like to be remembered for bringing in as the 23rd Chief of Air Staff?
Air Chief:IAF
will be a fully networked, multi-spectrum strategic aerospace power and
prime instrument of choice in all future national security challenges.
Inductions like those of the C-130 J 30, Mi-17 V5 Heptrs and Su-30
aircraft are steps in that direction. Soon, we will be inducting AW-101
VVIP helicopters, Pilatus PC-7 basic trainers, C-17 Globemaster
strategic lift aircraft and other weapon systems. I would like to be
remembered for leading a professionally reputed Air Force during its
defining phase...Read More
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